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07 ORANGE COUNTY ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE, CONSERVATION_ DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM To: Brent Bogue, District Conservationist John Smith, Tax Supervisor From: Tina Moon, Land Use /Preservation Planner Date: February 14, 2002 Subject: Bacon Family Limited Partnership Application for Certification as Qualifying Farmland Please find attached the application of Donald N. Johnson and Mary G. Bacon of the Bacon Family Limited Partnership for Certification as Qualifying Farmland. Mr. Johnson submitted the form as part of the application process for the County's Voluntary Agricultural District Program. The property is listed for present -use taxation program but does not have a plan on file with the Natural Resources Conservation Service or North Carolina Forest Service. To secure such certification, a tract must: 1. Be participating in the present use -value taxation program established by the NC General Statutes, Sections 105 -277.2 through 105 - 277.7, or is otherwise determined by the County to meet all the qualifications of this program set forth in the NC General Statutes, Section 105 - 277.3. [ Response to be provided by Tax Supervisor] 2. Be certified by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (NRCS) as being a farm on which at least two- thirds of the land is composed of soils that: a. Are best suited for providing food, seed, fiber, forage, timber, and oil seed crops; b. Have good soil qualities; C. Are favorable for all major crops common to Orange County; d. Have a favorable growing season; and e. Receive the available moisture needed to produce high yields for an average of eight (8) out of ten (10) years; OR be one on which at least two- thirds of the land has been actively used for agricultural, horticultural or forestry operations as defined in the NC General Statutes,